Zip lookup · IL

61070
Rock City, Illinois.

Rock City, Stephenson County, IL · Freeport, IL metro · population 1,322

What it costs per month · 61070 $1,193/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$721 (+153%) since Feb 2021.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $18,071 +9%
$209,287$227,358 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $72,717 +47%
$154,641$227,358 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 61070 $1,193 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 61070$1,193
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.

Typical home values in zip 61070 rose 8.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Rock City, IL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $227,358 as of Sep 2026
+8.6%year on year

Typical home value — 61070

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 61070 $227,358 Freeport $160,510 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2022 2024 2026
  • 61070$227,358
  • Freeport$160,510
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.7 61019 Davis 3,461 — $271,134
8.6 61060 Orangeville 1,554 — $217,014
9.3 61024 Durand 2,318 — $225,414
9.5 61063 Pecatonica 4,011 — $235,955
10.9 61032 Freeport 29,020 $926 $128,457
14.0 53520 Brodhead 6,687 — $313,984
14.3 61039 German Valley 824 — $219,950
15.0 61088 Winnebago 6,167 — $283,205
16.1 53566 Monroe 14,901 — $280,120
16.1 61007 Baileyville 196 — $219,565
17.0 61072 Rockton 11,285 — $298,274
17.4 61101 Rockford 19,318 $1,192 $114,743
18.4 61089 Winslow 526 — $191,061
18.6 61047 Leaf River 1,622 — $233,782
18.7 61048 Lena 3,786 — $210,360
18.7 53576 Orfordville 2,131 — $313,120

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.